Heinrich Himmler was Reich leader of the SS, head of the Gestapo and the Waffen SS, minister of the interior from 1943 to 1945 and thought to be the most powerful man in Nazi Germany, second only to Adolf Hitler. Himmler was born in Munich in the year 1900. He was born into a middle class Catholic family. Educated at a secondary school in Landshut. Heinrich joined the army as an officer cadet at the age of 17 to …showed first 75 words of 877 total…

…showed last 75 words of 877 total…opposed Hitler’s regime which made way for Hitler to become a dictator. He eventually tried to negotiate a peace, which didn’t work. And when he felt that hope was lost, he took his own life after taking so many others. BIBLIOGRAPHY Author Title Publishing details Breitman, Richard The Architect of Genocide: Alfred Knopf, New York 1991 Himmler and the final solution. Keegan, John The Second World War Century Hutchinson 1989 Web sites: www.THHP.com